On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 04:54:42PM -0500, Ashwin Bihari wrote: > >From my reading these lists and other forums, it seems that with the PPC > platform, I have to compile the INITRD into the kernel, how do I go about > doing this??? > > I'm using a PrPMC800 based installation. Any and all help appreciated.
With the stock firmware on a PrPMC800, yes, you have to attach the ramdisk to the kernel. You do this by copying the compressed ramdisk image to arch/ppc/boot/images/ramdisk.image.gz. Then do a 'make zImage.initrd'. That will deposit a zImage+initrd image into arch/ppc/boot/images/. If you have a U-boot port to your board then you can be a lot more flexible since it can load a kernel image and ramdisk separately. -Matt ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
